Emotional Wellness

Mental health, or emotional wellness, and physical health are inextricably linked. For example, depression is strongly associated with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Similarly, feelings of depression or anxiety may make it more challenging to engage in healthy behaviors such as getting proper nutrition, exercise and sleep as well as avoiding substance abuse. ORR recognizes that emotional wellness is essential to a person’s well-being, interpersonal relationships, and the ability to live a full and productive life.

ORR strives to promote emotional wellness in refugee communities by:

Raising awareness and removing stigmas

Conducting culturally competent mental health screenings

Facilitating strengths-based mental health case management services

Developing partnerships to increase access to care; and

Promoting resiliency factors and mental health education

Refugees demonstrate exceptional resiliency by overcoming persecution, rebuilding new lives and giving back to their communities. Building on that resiliency is the cornerstone to ORR’s approach to emotional wellness. For more information on health resiliency factors, visit the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions.

ORR has co-sponsored the following webinars to promote emotional health and wellness among refugees. To view the webinars, click on the titles below.